Sunday's Fantasy Baseball Streaming Pitchers: Janson Junk, Andrew Heaney and More

The weekend just started, and it's almost already over. The anticipation of the new week can make Sunday just as bad (or worse) than Monday, leaving us with very little time that actually belongs to us if you work the normal five-day week. It might be time for a revolution.

As fantasy baseball rolls on, though, let's look at four starting pitchers in action on Sunday who are widely available in fantasy leagues and have good matchups. Most stats are from MLB.com, as are the probable pitchers. The full streamer rankings are listed at the bottom.

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Aaron Civale, Chicago White Sox @ Pittsburgh Pirates

Andrew Heaney, Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago White Sox

This series has been our headliner all weekend, and there's no reason to change now. Chicago came out of nowhere to put up double-digit runs in each of the first two games of this series, first winning 10-1 on Friday then 10-4 yesterday. That might make you cautious of targeting the White Sox, but remember that they set the record for MOST LOSSES EVER last season, and they haven't been much better this year. This is likely a blip within a trying season.

Civale lost his spot in the Milwaukee rotation and requested a trade. He went from the Brewers, who are a game back in the NL Central, to the White Sox, who are 25 games back in the AL Central. That's some hilarious pettiness from Milwaukee's front office and a good example of being careful what you wish for. He has been worse than average with walks and far below average with strikeouts; there's a reason Civale lost his starting job on a winning team.

Heaney has been right at average with walks but below average with strikeouts this season. Over his career, he has been better than average in both categories, but he's also approaching 35 and might be losing a step. Heaney has also been giving up too many home runs (18 in 98 innings, one every 5.4 innings), something that has pushed his ERA over 4.50. He's been mediocre or worse in 2025 and might be traded due to Pittsburgh's lowly record.

Civale is a low-level streamer and Heaney a low-to-mid-level streamer. The matchups are right, and Heaney has a better history, but Civale has been too bad to trust in any scenario.

Janson Junk, Miami Marlins vs. Kansas City Royals

Junk has been really good in his three July starts: 19 innings, three runs allowed (two earned), no home runs, two walks, and 12 strikeouts. That came against two lowly offenses (Baltimore and Minnesota) and a middling group (Cincinnati), so he took advantage of good matchups, but all successful players do that. Junk has been phenomenal with walks and just a little below average with strikeouts, setting himself up nicely.

I have talked about Kansas City's lack of power often: they have hit the second-fewest home runs and rank in the bottom seven in both slugging percentage and OPS. They have also drawn 22 fewer walks than the next closest team, the Colorado Rockies. That means the Royals don't get free base runners and they don't knock guys in with big hits, a major reason that they are ahead of only the Pirates in runs scored.

Junk is a mid-level streamer. He doesn't have a big track record, but he has thrown well this season, and the Royals are one of the least imposing offensive teams in the league.

Jeffrey Springs, Athletics @ Cleveland Guardians

Cleveland scored eight runs in the first game out of the All-Star break, but they scored just two yesterday, a good microcosm of their season. They haven't been able to find much sustained success, but the Guardians do keep hanging around, less than five games back in the wild card. The offense is a major hindrance, though, as they are in the bottom 10 in most offensive categories and have been all season.

Springs has been a really good strikeout pitcher in his career, holding a K rate of over 25% (league average this season is around 22%). This is his lowest season in that category, though, as he has struck out less than 19% of the batters he has faced. Part of that is because he is mostly starting; Springs worked almost exclusively as a reliever from 2018 through 2021. He still did high-level strikeout work in 2022 before missing most of the past two seasons with injury, so it's a bit of a surprise to see him so low, something that brings down his fantasy value.

Springs is a low-to-mid-level streamer. He's been fine, but that lower strikeout rate caps his ceiling a bit. While he has done well limiting hits, nine unearned runs make his 4.09 ERA look better than it might actually be in terms of run prevention.

Sunday's Streamer Rankings

1. Janson Junk, MIA
2. Jeffrey Springs, ATH
3. Andrew Heaney, PIT
4. Aaron Civale, CWS